"Stranger Things" star David Harbour fired up the 2017 SAG Awards when he delivered an impassioned political speech about standing up against bullies and monsters, a clear stance against the Trump administration and its controversial immigration ban.
Harbour, together with the rest of the "Stranger Things" cast including Winona Ryder, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarrazo, Noah Schnapp and Millie Bobby Brown, were on stage to receive their award for Outstanding Ensemble.
In behalf of his co-stars, Harbour gave out a surprising acceptance speech at the already political SAG Awards night.
"This award from you who take your craft seriously and earnestly believe, like me, that great acting can change the world, is a call to arms from the great men and women to go deeper and through our art battle fear, self-centeredness, and exclusivity of our predominantly narcissistic culture and through our craft to develop a more empathetic and understanding society," Harbour said, as quoted by Vanity Fair.
Given Harbour's powerful message, there are rumblings that "Stranger Things" Season 2 would have a more out-there political tenor to it, especially with respect to the current political climate in the United States.
In a similar rhetoric, "Stranger Things" producer Shawn Levy reiterated Harbour's sentiments at the Producers Guild Awards, where he said that the show has always been about the marginalized people in society.
"We have always been a show about the marginalized, non-cookie cutter, people in fictional Hawkins, Indiana, and in many ways, we have always championed the kind of different, so it's not a complete stretch to say that we're leaning into that beat," Levy said and concluded that the different ones are the heroes on the show and it will continue to be so in the coming seasons.
It's quite possible that "Stranger Things" Season 2 would have more political themes to it compared to its previous season. Such political themes could be show under the guise of the local supernatural issues that envelope the town of Hawkins, Indiana.
For the most part, one thing Levy told Entertainment Weekly about "Stranger Things" Season 2 is this: "The Demogorgon was destroyed but evil wasn't."
"Stranger Things" Season 2 will premiere this year on Netflix.